William Shakespeare News

The New Hapshire Theatre Project recently announced the productions which will be presented as part of their 2011-2012 season.

The Theater Company of Hoboken (TTC) will be enjoying those 'Summer Nights' at Frank Sinatra Park in Hoboken as it presents The Music of GREASE. A co-presentation with Dawn Zimmer and the City of Hoboken, these FREE performances will be July 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31, 2011 - all at 7pm.

In the video below, impressionist Jim Meskimen performs Clarence's speech from William Shakespeare's Richard III as a number of different celebrities, from George Clooney to Barack Obama, and Ricky Gervais to Casey Kasem. Click below to check out Meskimen in action!

Late Night Theatre at Beowulf Alley, 11 S. 6th Avenue between Broadway and Congress, presents Hamlet 1.0 by William Shakespeare, July 29, 30, August 5, 6, 12 and 13 at 7:30 PM. For more information, contact Michael Fenlason at 520-977-5218.

ARTFARM reboots SHAKESPEARE'S ARGUMENT for the company's 10th Anniversary.

Great Lakes Theater Festival, Cleveland's professional classic theater company, will streamline its name to Great Lakes Theater (GLT) beginning this summer.

Cymbeline is back! Two sold-out weeks last January for Fiasco Theater's production of Cymbeline wasn't nearly long enough to satisfy the demands of a theatre-going public hungry for, as Ben Brantley of The New York Times wrote, 'the comedy, poignancy and unlikely magic of Cymbeline.'

Continuing their fifth season in the summer of 2011, The Porters of Hellsgate return to The Whitmore-Lindley Theatre Complex in North Hollywood with William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. Taking liberty with time and place, The Porters explore race, class, sexuality and wealth for their six-week run of the Bard's ultimately tragic comedy.

Albuquerque Theatre Guild announces August 2011 performance calendar- More theatrical performances take place every weekend here in Albuquerque than in any other U.S. city of its size.

The Theater Company of Hoboken (TTC) will be enjoying those 'Summer Nights' at Frank Sinatra Park in Hoboken as it presents The Music of GREASE. A co-presentation with Dawn Zimmer and the City of Hoboken, these FREE performances will be July 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31, 2011 - all at 7pm.

Michael Donald Edwards, Producing Artistic Director of Asolo Repertory Theatre and Steven High, Executive Director of The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art announced today that a co-production of John Logan's Tony Award winning drama, Red will play March 30-April 22, 2012 in the Ringling Museum's Historic Asolo Theater.

With William Shakespeare as its foundation, the Stratford Shakespeare Festival aims to set the standard for classical theatre in North America. Embracing our heritage of tradition and innovation, we seek to bring classical and Contemporary Theatre alive for an increasingly diverse audience. For more information, visit online at www.stratfordfestival.ca; currently playing as part of the Festival are TWELFTH NIGHT and TITUS ANDRONICUS. View a scene from each below!

This summer the Marin Shakespeare Company sets its outdoor stage for politics, power and pandemonium presenting 'Macbeth,' 'The Complete History of America (abridged)' and 'The Tempest.'